Every parent wants their kid to do well in school. And it's simple to measure because GPAs and SATs have nice numbers that are easy to quantify and rank. On the other hand, we don’t have a universally accepted “emotional intelligence index” or a “decent human being metric” let alone a “this…
ou want your kids to grow up and be more than just... older. You want them to be successful and fulfilled. But it’s a daunting challenge for a parent. Never mind that the price of 4 years of college looks like a phone number these days. You also get a…
ou know how it goes. You want this little person to do the thing and they won’t do the thing and somehow zero-point-two-seconds later you're in the midst of a tear-filled screaming match in the hair care aisle at CVS. You start thinking about how your real kid may have…
hen kids behave, things are easy. The problem is when you need to discipline them. Most parents know which methods they don't want to use to correct their children, but aren't as sure which methods they should use. So what is discipline? The word comes from the Latin "disciplina" --…
ealing with kids ain’t easy. They need an exhausting amount of attention and help. From Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: Behavioral psychologists have observed that preschoolers typically demand that their caretakers deal with some kind of need or desire at an average rate of three times a minute. Most advice on…
elationships are important. Like, more-important-than-Vitamin-C important. Scurvy is no fun but a lack of relationships might kill you faster. From The Relationship Cure: A study of people living in Alameda County, California, for example, showed that people who had close friendships and marriages lived longer than those who didn’t. This…
hat makes a team effective? Is it trust? Cooperation? "Chemistry"? You have no idea. Don't worry -- neither did I. Kinda terrifying, isn't it? We're all part of friendships, work teams, and families and we don't really know what builds trust, unity, or makes a group effective. Luckily, one very…
our first kiss. Graduation. Your first job. Your wedding day. Birth of your first child. These are the big memories that we all cherish. But there are other little memories that stick out because they had such a powerful emotional impact on you. Moments that enriched your life, bonded you…
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